Boks to make URC debut, success to follow
While the introduction of the Springboks to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship will bolster the SA teams, the tide will only turn when the competition visits the Republic, writes MARK KEOHANE.
While the introduction of the Springboks to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship will bolster the SA teams, the tide will only turn when the competition visits the Republic, writes MARK KEOHANE.
The Sharks, Stormers, Lions and Vodacom Bulls have reportedly each been granted a R3.6 million salary cap increase.
SA Rugby has announced that the 2022 Currie Cup season will kick off next month with a seven-team Premier Division.
Five Springboks have been nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2021.
Jannie du Plessis was applauded by the 2000 supporters at Cape Town stadium when he made his way onto the field as a replacement for the Lions against the Stormers.
Fans returned to Kings Park and Cape Town Stadium as the Sharks and Lions claimed comfortable victories in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Fred Zeilinga kicked 17 points as the Lions clinched a 37-19 upset win against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.
The SA Rugby magazine team have made their Superbru picks for this week’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship matches and the Lions have been given little chance of beating the Stormers in Cape Town.
Edwill van der Merwe will make his Lions debut against the Stormers in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship at Cape Town Stadium on Sunday.
The South African teams resume their respective Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaigns with the landscape having changed a bit since they last played seven weeks ago.